Joyce Chopra
Joyce Chopra is an American director and writer of feature films and television. Chopra graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Chopra was married to American stage and screenwriter Tom Cole until he died on February 23, 2009. Her first narrative feature-length film, Smooth Talk (1985), won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 1966 short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, and was adapted by her husband, Tom Cole.
Crew
Smooth Talk
Director
Rip Girls
Director
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Director
The Lemon Sisters
Director
A Happy Mother's Day
Director
Murder in a Small Town
Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Director
Marathon
Director
L.A. Johns
Director
Joyce at 34
Writer, Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Director
Replacing Dad
Director
Baby Snatcher
Director
The Last Cowboy
Director
The Chair
Editor
Gramercy Stories
Director
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Director
The Lady in Question
Director
Clorae and Albie
Producer, Editor, Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Director
Convictions
Director
Dead Birds
Sound Editor
Girls at 12
Producer, Editor, Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
Editor, Director, Producer
The Disappearance of Nora
Director
My Very Best Friend
Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
Director
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
Director
Sally Garcia and Family
Director